Adjustable window curtain fixture



Nov. 23, 1937. A. c. SEIBEL ADJUSTABLE WINDOW CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed May 24, 1935 I i f/zue/aam i 4156/ 5 61 Sea 6d,

Patented Nov. 23, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE 11 Claims.

This invention relates to an adjustable window curtain fixture of that character wherein a pair of fixtures are customarily mounted on a residence window frame, one on each side of the frame, the invention having for its primary object, the provision of improved means in the fixture, whereby it can be lowered from its normal position adjacent the top of the frame, so that the draperies or curtains to. be supported from the fixture, can be arranged thereon while the curtain supporting part thereof is in a lowered position, thus eliminating the heretofore required mounting of step-ladders and the like, to reach the fixed elevated curtain support.

Another object of the invention is in providing an improved curtain fixture which can be readily adjusted to either an elevated or lowered position as required, so that the desired hanging efiect of the curtain on the fixture, can be readily ob- 90 tained.

A further object of the invention is in providing a curtain fixture which can be readily swung away from its decorating position in proximity to the window for permitting washing of the windows without disturbing the draped effect of the curtain.

Another further object of the invention is in providing a pair of separately operable window curtain fixtures for a window, in combination with a retaining member which is connected with the lower ends of the fixtures, for retaining and holding the depending ends of the curtains during mounting of the curtains on the supports of respective fixtures.

Other objects and advantages will appear as this specification progresses and by reference to the drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a view in front elevation of a window and frame therefor, showing a pair of the 40 adjustable window curtain fixtures mounted against the frame.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken approximately on the line IIII of Fig. 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of the right hand fixture.

Figure 4 is an enlarged fragmentary perspec tive view partly in section, of the curtain support of the right hand fixture.

Figure 5 is an enlarged vertical section taken approximately on the line VV of Fig. 2, and having its intermediate portionv broken away.

Figure 6 is an enlarged horizontal section taken approximately on the line VIVI of Fig. 5.

Figure 7 is an enlarged horizontal section taken approximately on the line VII-VII of Fig. 5.

Figure 8 is a horizontal section having its intermediate portion broken away and taken approximately on the line VIIIV1' II of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing, l designates a window frame having the usual head facing member 2 and the side facing members 3 and 4, the window frame I containing theusual upper and lower sashes 5 and 6, and secured to each. side facingmember by screws 1 is a bracket 8, each being formed of material. such as strapiron, each bracket supporting this improved adjustable window curtain fixture 9.

As both of the fixtures 9 are alike, only the right hand fixture -is here described in detail. The bracket 8 is formed with a right angular bent portion In at its upper end to form a'support, and intermediate its length is buckled, to provide a pair of horizontally abutting portions forming a support H in vertical alinement with the support It].

An opening I2 isformed. in the support In and in the support ll an opening I3 is. formed, which is in verticalalinement withv the opening l2, said supports. and their respective openings serving to maintain and hold the operable mechanism of the. fixture, and which mechanism comprises a guiding member. M which may be made from a tube which. is severed from end to end on one side, for providing. a slot l5. A headed. dowel pin it is inserted in the. upper end of the member !4 through the opening l2 of the support [0, and is secured. thereto by a set screw I! which is passed through a collar l 8 which is mounted over theupper end of. the member l4. The lower end of the member [4 is threadingly engaged at I9, in the upper end of a tubular length 29 which is turnably supported. in the opening 13 of the support ll.

Slidably andturnably mounted within the guiding member I4 is a guiding tube 2|, which is of a. length to extend through the approximate length of. the member l4, andto passthrough and dependbelow the tubular length 20 and supported in. said. tube 2!, is a rod 22 having its threaded end 23 extend beyond the lower end of the tube 2|, and engaged. on the threaded end 23 of said rod is a hand engaging member or knob 24.

The rod 22 is. of alength so as to extend beyond the. upper end of. the guiding tube 2| and is bent at the place where it extends from the tube to form. a right angular extension 25 which is extended horizontally through the slot H) of the guiding member IA. The extending end of the extension 25 terminates into a right angular extension 26 on the same horizontal plane therewith, and slidably mounted on the extending end of the extension 26, is a lengthening sleeve 21, the parts 25, 26 and 21 of the rod 22 forming the curtain support.

Turnably mounted on the guiding member I4 is a sleeve 28, said sleeve being of a length to extend approximately from the collar 18 to the upper end of the tubular length 20, said sleeve having a slot 29 extending the length thereof, and formed in said sleeve at its upper end is a recess 30 which communicates with the slot 29, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the right hand curtain support which is further designated as A, is sustained in elevated position by engagement of the part 25 in the recess 30 of the sleeve 28. For lowering the curtain support, the rod 22 and tube in which said rod issecured, is elevated by engaging and lifting on the knob 24.

This lifting movement of the knob 24 will elevate the part 25 until it is free of the recess 30, and the sleeve 28 is engaged and turned by the other hand of the manipulator to a position wherein the edge or side 3| of the slot 29 will engage with the part 25, the turned position of the sleeve positioning the slot 29 thereof, in vertical alinement with the part 25 of the curtain support, and incidentally the slot 29 will have been moved into alinement with the vertical slot l5 of the guiding member l4.

This alined position of the guiding member [4 and sleeve 28 will permit the part 25 to downwardly traverse the alined slots thereof as the elevating pressure on the knob 24 is released, and the curtain support and its component parts will be lowered by its own weight to the position shown at B in Fig. 1, as indicating the left hand curtain support, where the part 25 will engage and rest on the upper end of the tubular length 20.

In the lowered position of thec urtain support B, its elevation is such wherein a curtain can be readily removed for replacement. and at the same time the replaced curtain can be conveniently adjusted or draped on the support. After the replacement of a curtain on the lowered support, the knob 24 is engaged so that the rod 22 can be elevated, and when the part 25 of the curtain support has been brought into communicating position with the recess 30 of the sleeve 28, the sleeve is turned for positioning the recess in alinement with the part 25, and the rod 22 is then lowered for engaging the part 25in the recess, and in this resting position, the curtain and its support will be properly elevated and hung, with respect to thewindow.

For supporting the extending ends of the curtain supports A and B, an intermediately disposed bracket32 is secured to the head facing member 2 of the. window frame, the extending ends of the curtain supports being swung into over-engagement with the bracket, during the elevating operation of the curtain supports, by an inward turningmovement given to respective knobs 24. If for any reason it is desired to dispose the curtains away from the window, such as for the purpose. of cleaning the windows or for providing a .maximum of ventilation through the window .when the sashesare moved to open positions, it

is only necessary to elevate the curtain supports Aand B sufiiciently to disengage their extending from the bracket ,32, and the respective .knobs are then turned for pivoting the supporting structure of respective rods 22 on respective dowel pins l6,.said dowel pins in addition to being turnably mounted in the openings l2, also supporting the operating structures of the curtain supports, from which they are depended.

For assisting in draping the curtains on the supports A or B, when the supports are in a lowered position, a guard rail 33 is provided, said rail having a leg 34 which is insertably mounted in, a pair of vertically alining loops or eyes 35 which are secured to and extended from one of the brackets 8, the extending end 36 of said rail being insertably mounted in a cooperating eye 31. During draping of the curtain, the lower portion thereof is confined in and over the rail and permitted to loop and drape therefrom as the upper end of the curtain is being mounted and adjusted on either of the curtain supports A or B, this looping of respective curtains over the rail 33 preventing the lower ends thereof from engaging the fioor.

While reference has been made only to curtains as being supported by this improved fixture, it is obvious that the fixture is adaptable'for the hanging of drapers or any desirable window trimmings.

Having thus described my invention so that those skilled in the art will be able to practice the same, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent is defined in what is claimed, it being understood that various changes in the fixture shown and described above in detail and not amounting to invention may be made without departing from the sleeve turnably mounted thereon, and a vertically adjustable curtain rail having a part which passes along within the slot of said sleeve in raising or lowering the rail.

2. A curtain fixture comprising a vertically sustained support having a longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted thereon, a vertically adjustable curtain rail having a part which passes along within the slot of said sleeve in raising or lowering the rail, and means at the upper end of said sleeve for holding said rail in an elevated position.

3. A curtain fixture comprising a vertically sustained support having a longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted thereon, said sleeve having a recess in communication with the slot at one end thereof, and a vertically adjustable curtain rail having a part which passes along within the slot of said sleeve-in raising or lowering the rail, said part of said rail also being cooperable with the recess of said sleeve for sustaining the rail in elevated position.

4. A curtain fixture comprising a vertically sustained support having a longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted thereon, a vertically adjustable curtain support having a longitudinal part disposed interiorly of said sleeve and a part which passes along within the slot of said sleeve in raising or lowering the curtain support, and means at the upper end of said sleeve for holding said curtain support in an elevated position.

5. A curtain fixture comprising a vertically sustained support having av longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted thereon, a verticallyiadjustable curtain support having a' longitudinal part disposed interiorly of said sleeve and being of a length to extend from the lower end of the sleeve, said curtain sup-port also having a part which passes along Within the slot of said sleeve in raising or lowering the curtain support, said sleeve having a recess at the upper end thereof l in communication with the longitudinal slot, said last mentioned part of said curtain support also being cooperable with the recess of said sleeve for sustaining the curtain support in elevated position.

6. A curtain fixture comprising a vertical support having a longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted thereon, said sleeve having a recess in communication with the upper end of the slot, a lifting rod disposed interiorly of said sleeve having one end. extending from the lower end thereof and having a right angularly disposed part on its other end which is cooperable with the slot of the sleeve when the lifting rod is raised or lowered, and a curtain rail extended from the right angular part of said lifting rod, said part of said lifting rod being cooperable with the recess of said sleeve for sustaining the curtain rail in elevated position.

'7. A curtain fixture comprising a vertically extending support secured to a side of a window frame, a longitudinally slotted member turnably secured at its ends in said support, a lifting member longitudinally disposed in said slotted member and having one end extending from the lower end thereof, said lifting member having an angular part extended from its upper end through the slot of said slotted member, a longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted on said slotted member and having a recess on its upper end in communication with the slot thereof, said sleeve adapted to be positioned to locate the slot thereof in alinement with the slot of said slotted member, so that the angular part of said lifting member will traverse the alined slots when the lifting member is raised or lowered, said sleeve also adapted to be positioned for under-engaging the recess thereof with the angular part of the lifting member, said angular part of the lifting member having a part extending therefrom to provide a curtain support.

8. A curtain fixture comprising a bracket having a pair of vertically alined supports, a longitudinally slotted guiding element turnably connected at its ends in respective supports, a longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted on said element and having a recess formed on its upper end in communication with the slot thereof, and a lifting rod located in said element having an angularly bent part on its upper end for providing a horizontally extending curtain rail, said bent part of said lifting rod being cooperable with the longitudinal slots of the guiding element and the sleeve, when the slots are positioned in alinement, and being cooperable with the recess of the sleeve when the longitudinal slots are out of alinement.

9. A curtain fixture comprising a vertically disposed and longitudinally slotted guiding element which is turnably mounted at its ends, a member vertically movable in said element and having a right-angularly bent part extended therefrom to provide a curtain rail, and a longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted on said element and having a recess offset from the slot thereof adjacent one end for holding the curtain rail in elevated position in said element.

10. A curtain fixture comprising a vertically disposed and longitudinally slotted guiding element which is turnably mounted at its ends, a member vertically movable in said element and having a right-angularly bent part horizontally extended therefrom to provide a curtain rail, and a longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted on said element and having a recess offset from the slot thereof adjacent one end for holding the curtain rail in elevated position in said element, the extending end of the curtain rail being supportable on a bracket, said member when elevated in said element adapted to simultaneously disengage the curtain rail from the recess of said sleeve and from said bracket.

11. A curtain fixture for a light opening frame comprising a bracket having a pair of vertically alined supports which are secured to the frame, a longitudinally slotted guiding element turnably connected at its ends in respective supports, a longitudinally slotted sleeve turnably mounted on said element and having a recess formed on its upper end in communication with the slot thereof, and a lifting rod located in said element having an angularly bent part on its upper end for providing a horizontally extending curtain rail, said bent part of said lifting rod being cooperable with the longitudinal slots of the guiding element and the sleeve, when the slots are positioned in alinement, and being cooperable with the recess of the sleeve when the longitudinal slots are out of alinement.

ALBERT C. SEIBEL. 

